Sir-Kıvchak

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Sir-Kıvchak were a

Turkic people whose existence is controversial and who were proposed to be precursors to the Kipchaks
who settled in East Europe in the 10th century.

Name

The Sir appeared as Xinli 薪犁 (OC: *siŋ-ri(:)l) in Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian but were not referred to again until the 7th century as Xue 薛 (MC: *siᴇt̚).[1][2]

In the

Bilge Khagan, the name Sir follows the name Türük and precedes other tribal names.[3]

Origin

After the defeat of the short lived

Tang Empire in China. After the Turkic Empire was restored they took part in the formation of the new empire.[citation needed
]

Uyghur Khaganate

Kipchak people of the later era likely descended from the Kïvchak of the 8th century.[citation needed] However, this early attestation of the ethnonym Kipchak is uncertain as damages on the inscription leave only -čq (𐰲𐰴) (*-čaq or *čiq) readable.[6] S.E.Malov, G.Aidarov and S.Karzhaubai have read this as Türük Qïbčaq, however the group which took part in the Mongolian and Japanese expedition in 1996-1998, did read the relevant passage as türk qaγan čaq älig yïl olurmïš ("I heard that the Turuk qayans sat on the throne exactly for fifty years").[7]

Other views

According to The Cambridge History of Inner Asia, however, the identification of Sir people with the Kipchak is not well established.[8]

References

  1. ^ Pulleyblank, "Central Asia and Non-Chinese Peoples of Ancient China", p. VII 21-26.
  2. ^ Duan, "Dingling, Gaoju and Tiele", p. 370.
  3. ^ a b Muharrem Ergin:Orhun Abideleri, Boğaziçi Yayınları, İstanbul, 1980, p.33, p.52
  4. ^ Tonyukuk inscription at Türik Bitig
  5. ^
    ISBN 975-8839-03-9
    p.127-129
  6. ^ Moyun Chur inscriptions "Note 207" at Türik Bitig
  7. ^ Takao Moriyasu (1999). Takao Moriyasu; Ayudai Ochir (eds.). Site and Inscription of Sine-Usu. The Society of Central Eurasian Studies, Toyonaka, Osaka University. pp. 177–195.
  8. ISBN 0 521 24304 1
    p.278
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